Meilah

But does it not say:1 since it [[the handful] renders others piggul, how much more so should it itself [become piggul]?2 — Here, too, [you must understand it as meaning] a prohibited act that leads to the offering becoming piggul. Said Rabina to R. Ashi: But did not Ilfa say:3 The dispute4 is only in regard to two acts of offering,5 namely when he [that officiated] said: I am cutting the first organ6 [while purposing an act] beyond the proper time, and the second [while purposing an act] outside the proper place;7 but in regard to one act,8 they all agree that there is here an admixture of unlawful intentions?9 — Here, too, [you must understand that] when the sprinkling takes place it will [retrospectively] prove whether [there was unlawful intention] in one act or in two acts of offering. If this be so,10 why not say with the thankoffering, too, [that its disqualification becomes effective] with the sprinkling?11 — ‘[The bread has become] sacred’ means indeed only in so far as it has to be burnt by reason of its disqualification.12 May not the following be cited in support [of R. Giddal]:13 ‘The Law of Sacrilege applies to piggul always’. [Does this not imply] even though the blood has been sprinkled. and will then offer a support [of R. Giddal]? — [No, [that is] where the blood has not been sprinkled.14 But if the blood has not been sprinkled need it be stated? — It deals, in fact, with a case where the blood has been sprinkled, but when this has been taught, it was in reference to a burnt-offering.15 If it refers to a burnt-offering, is it not obvious, since this offering is wholly dedicated to the Lord? unlawful intention is not irrevocable in that if it is subsequently laid upon the altar it need not be brought down, now should it render the rest of the handful liable to the Law of Sacrilege. This proves that on the view of ‘Ulla unlawful intention at the taking of the handful only renders the piggul complete and irrevocable. renders it only invalid. and the second with the thought of executing an act outside the proper place. disqualification is assumed to be effective and complete with the mere act of unlawful slaughtering, and yet in the case of the thank-offering we learnt that the bread has become sacred, which refutes R. Giddal. Sacrilege. the sprinkling of the blood.